Statistically the nations with the lowest abortion rates in the world
aren't even nations where it's illegal, but are the nations with the
lowest pregnancy rates (no pregnancy, no need to consider abortion). Belgium and
the Netherlands have the lowest abortion rates and it's not like
they're choosing life more than others since they also are among the lowest
for birth rates. If you stop unintended pregnancies from happening then
you'd get rid of most abortions. Of course, the pro-life movement opposes
Belgiums' methods.

"I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it
is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by
the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child,
how can we tell other people not to kill one another?

...By
abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to
solve her problems. And, by abortion, that father is told that he does not have
to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world.
The father is likely to put other women into the same trouble.... Any country
that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any
violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and
peace is abortion... abortion which brings people to such blindness." Mother
Tereasa, Washington DC, February 1994

When Republicans can accept a policy of aborations for "rape, incest, life
and health of the Woman, and viability of the fetus, and th decision is to be
made by the Doctor, the woman, her family and her clergy if desired -- with NO
Government and NO bosey-busy-bodies business." -- then, I can support it.

The GOPs extremeist all-or-nothing stubborn mindset of No aborations,
ever, not for ANY reason -- is both archaic and totally against my LDS Church
beliefs.

From a political stand point - they can continue to loose
the minority [soon to be majority] ethnic voters, women, young people, gays,
muslims, etc. and every other American not just like Archie Bunker.

I think the LDS Church has the 2 inter-related "right" principled
policies:

1. Abortion is against the standards of the Church
except in the rare occurances of rape, incest or a serious risk to the
mother.

2. Birth control is a personal choice, and should be used
under the guidance of the Spirit.

The Church is opposed to the use of
violence, threats or intimidation related to keeping someone from using their
agency in this matter. A Christ-like approach of offering love, hope,
scriptural advice and empathy is appropriate.

To "Pagan" I hate to tell you this, since your Jr. High and Highschool
health classes failed to teach you this. The woman chose to risk pregnancy when
she had sex. All Row v. Wade did was to remove the consequences of her bad
choice.

Think of it this way. When people go to Vegas to gamble,
they accept the risk that they may lose their money. Your ilk have worked to
make sex consequence free with respect to pregnancy.

To
"Truthseeker" and "atl134" how much easier do you want access to
contraception to be? Costco sells boxes with 50 condoms in it for $15, and
Target has birth control pills for $9/month. Keeping clothed is free, and is
100% effective.

If the problem is birth control and paying for it,
maybe those women should insist that their man buy them some instead of buying
them dinner once in a while.

Redshirt: Where's the man's responsibility in all this? If men were
the ones that got pregnant, this would not be an issue. And when men are held
responsible monetarily, maybe there would be less abortions. Abortion is not
because of women; it is because of men!

To "xscribe" how about he buys the birth control? Most honorable men
will pay for dinner when they ask a woman out, so he could at least pay for the
birth control since it doesn't really cost that much.

Better
yet. How about he keeps his pants on until he is married to his girlfriend.

How many abortions would we see if women told men that they will not
have sex until after marriage, and then only with their husbands?

There is no proof that people who have abortions will someday have to stand
before the savior and defend themselves. The only ones who know for sure are
the dead, and they're not talking. Follow your own conscience and let
everyone else do the same.